Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-05
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Some Gossip About Mexican Matters
Why Morgan, Secretary OF LIE.
CATION, Was DepOsed.
Thomas b, Connery of the New York Her
aid the New Appointee-Dr. Mill
ler's Mission to Mexico.

Correspondence of the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The selection of
men for the various diplomatic positions
in Mexico by the administration, seems
to have been attended with considerable
difficulty. As is well known ex-Minister
Henry r Jackson was appointed over the
heads of dozen other applicants, in
Guiding men who lad attained wide dis
tinction in legal circles, and some of
whom had fought in the civil war as
major generals and generals. The
Mexican mission WIS a coveted place, and
after much delay the name of Mr.. Jackson
was sent to the Senate and he was duly
confirmed. Scarcely years resi-
dence IN the land of pulque and
mescal was sufficient to induce Mr..
Jackson to resign his place and return to
mis- home in Georgia. where he now is.
Early last fall the President rendered the
place to Judge Manning of Louisiana,
who has been wi iely advertised since ne
assumed control Of his high and impoE-
tRnt diplomatic trust; and now We have
the third chapter in the
story of our frequent change
court. 1t has long been evident 10 Sec
rotary Bayard that Mr.. Joseph L. Nor
gan, Secretary of the Legation, ought to
be relieved. While there is nothing
charged against Mr.. Morgan that is det-
rimentsl 10 his character, it is said he is
not the proper man for the place. Nor
gan is son in law Of General Frisbie,
whose career is well known. The latter
g., - IL, thoT
American, slthough born on American soil
Frisbie went to California in 80 and msr-
ried the beautiful daughter of eX-GOvern
or Vallejo, the last Mexican Governor OF
California. 1t was Frisbie who obtained
the valuable concessions from the Me4i-
can government now owned by the Mexi-
can International and Denver and Rio
Grande Railways, and whether Justly or
not, Mr.. Morgan is charged with caring
too much for the interest of his
father-in-law and too little for
the public business he was selected to at
tend to. So Mr.. Morgan must give way
to Thomas B Connery of the New York
Herald, than whom the President could
have found no more competent person to
fiil this important trust. He is q good
business man, and in every way trust
t1c Will uUG btCOlut iHfOlfSu III
any railroad scandals, and will en-
ter into no intrigues about
the English debt and the Vera
with the celebrated Monte de Piedad will
be wholly off ;ial, and he is proof against
mescal, pu que and high attitudes.
There are some interesting details in
connection with this appointment not
~ co.
wears managing editor of the New York
Herald, and his labOrous duties and
close confinement in this connection for
more than ten years broke down his health.
He needed a change and some
congenisl employment. The New
York Herald wss the first OF
the great Independent journals to take up
Mr.. Cleveland'S cause when he was nom
mated for the Presidency. The Presi-
dent remembers this, and would have
testified his appreciation of its services
two years ago by appointing Mr.. Charles
Nordhoff to an important tfsrt-class mis-
sion had that gentleman encouraged the
idea. Mr. Cleveland believes that to Mr..
Nordhoff m"re than to any one else he
owes the Herald's firm support in 1884,
and he has good reasons for his
was made to Mr.. Nordhoff ne simply sig
nIfied bis appreciation of the intended
honor. but declined. Then, the funny
man in the fifth column of the New York
Times, Mr. Al zen, was made Consul-Gen-
eral at Rome, and the Times was thus
recognized. Mr.. c rnnery's friends
thought that if any journalist deserved
recognition he was the man. The Presi-
nd a ia
But if the wind blows the right way
Mr.. Morgsn's position, II seems, is not
the only one in the land of Aztec and
Toltec that will soon have another incum-
bent. Porch, the Consul General, is IL
able to be bounced. And why? Because
he smears his hands and paper with ink
and other peoples business. His weak
ness is a common one, and usually 1e
suits in trouble to any one attl cted
with the disease. In the Cutting
case, in the Sedgwick matter, and il the
later perturbstions relating to Minister
Manning, Porch was overloaded with
opinions, which he fred off promiscuously
The State Department files are full of
Porch, and he will have to go.
Speaking of res MeXicana, there is an
other matter which seems to puzzle the |
press and the public. For what purpose did |
the President send DR. George C. Miller |
editor of the leading Democratic journal !
in Nebraska, to MeXic | he went on !
public business, why this secrecy? Mem |
bers of the Nebraska delegation in Con
gress say that DR.. Miller came to Wash
ington at the Presidents request. AS
Miller was a sound Democrat, 1t was
thcught he was to be consulted shout the